Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Fabales > Family Fabaceae > Tribe Trifolieae > Genus Medicago

Medicago arborea L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Medicago*	L.	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Medicago arborea subsp. citrina*	(Font Quer) O. Bolòs & Vigo	synonym
*Medicago arborea var. citrina*	Font Quer	synonym
*Medicago arborescens*	C. Presl	synonym
*Medicago citrina*	(Font Quer) Greuter	synonym
*Rhodusia arborea*	(L.) Vassilcz.	synonym
*Trigonella arborea*	(L.) Vassilcz.	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: alfals arbori; alfals arborí; anfaus-arbre sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

English: Shrub Medick; Tree Medick sources: Haslam, S. M. Et al. - A Flora Of The Maltese Islands 1977.;Horn, P. E. & Hill, G. D. - What Legume Is That? 1987.

Majorcan: alfals-arbre; anfaus-abre; aufaus abre sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: luzerna arbórea; luzerna-arbórea sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: alfalfa arbórea; botón de cerdas; citiso nuevo de España; mielga real; setiso; trébol retamal

Literature

nomenclatural reference	L., Sp. Pl. 1753.

Genbank

Citation

ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS). Medicago arborea L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=E51AB0AD-987E-4A09-8752-3A574301DB53

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Occurrence

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Environment

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Importance

EPPO invasive plants:
listed This species is an invasive alien plant being managed in countries that are member of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)